With the additional six influenza related fatalities reported in Hong Kong adults during the past day brings the total deaths in the city to 295, the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department...

Health officials with the West Sumatra Health Agency have reported a surge of the very serious vaccine-preventable disease, diphtheria, in the city of Padang over the past month prompting a mass vaccination...

An outbreak of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) has struck one ward at Hong Kong’s Siu Lam Hospital affected about a dozen patients, government officials report. According to a spokesperson...

Health officials with the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report that last week’s number of outpatient visits for acute gastroenteritis reached a record high after four years. So far in 2015, a...

Three additional human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) have been reported from Mainland China today.  According to the notification of the Health and Family Planning Commission (HFPC) of Guangdong...

Hong Kong health officials are advising the public to heighten vigilance and get vaccinated early against seasonal influenza in light of the severe flu season they are experiencing this year. In the...

A Chinese national in Singapore has become the first dengue fever-related fatality of the year in the city-state. The 53-year-old woman died Monday at the National University Hospital (NUH), according...

The number of dengue fever related fatalities in Malaysia has increased by 10 since our last report one week ago, bringing the total deaths to 54 since the beginning of the year. Malaysia health officials...

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health (DH) today (February 23) reported the latest updates of the third confirmed imported human case of avian influenza A(H7N9) in Hong Kong...

In a press release that left me scratching my head this morning, the Philippines Department of Health said (computer translated) report an overseas Filipino worker (OFW) who returned after being in China...